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I don’t normally write race reports for 50km races, but Julie asked me to write something to submit to UR so here it is. Consider this my 2011 Way Too Cool race report. Sometimes change is good, like changing the oil in your car, the water in your hot tub, the kitty litter in the …

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I’ve been told many times that I should try different races. That I’m in a rut. I agree that there are many races to explore and that running as many different races as possible is a worthy approach for many people. If you want to run a different set of races every year then more …

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Guest Post by Tim Twietmeyer Hey, Craig says all the really smart ultrarunners read his blog (he needs something to bring up the average IQ of the site). So, I present the question to the brains of the sport – do runners really care if a 50k is exactly 31 miles? I ask as last weekend …

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Meghan Arbogast picks up an infant-sized Conduct the Juices shirt for her quick answers to the WTC Trivia Contest. She correctly answered six of the ten questions. Here are my answers to the contest. Thanks to Julie Fingar, RD, Greg Soderlund, past-RD, and all the volunteers for a great race. 1. What are the names …

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Since Way Too Cool 50K is coming up in a week, how about a WTC trivia contest? Rules are simple. Answer the ten questions and the extra credit below. You get one answer per question and they must be submitted as comments to this post (you can spread your answers over many comments). First person …

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This is Craig Thornley's ultrarunning blog. It’s a blend of humor, opinion, insight, history, adventure, and sometimes just plain ridiculousness from the perspective of an ultrarunner and race director. You'll find lots of info about Western States 100 so look around. Hopefully the blog will provide some useful information, conduct your juices, or make you laugh.